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Karl Fender is struggling to make himself heard above the whirr of helicopters landing every three minutes, delivering guests to the launch of Levantine Hill Estate’s new $30 million-plus multi-level winemaking and events facility in Victoria’s Yarra Valley.
Funnily enough, he is trying to explain over the din how the exposed steel purlins of the winery’s striking barrel vault structure, clad in corrugated iron, evoke the idea of flight.
“They’re almost like feathers at the edge of the wings of a bird,” says the prominent Melbourne architect, co-founder of Fender Katsalidis. “It’s a statement of lightness, of flight. It also shows how the building has been made, like it’s been peeled back.”
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In a year where Australians are replacing international holidays with domestic travel, the South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC) has launched a new campaign via TBWAAdelaide, showcasing the incredible natural locations from around the state For Those Who Want a Little More.
How South Australia became one of the world s most exclusive wine touring destinations
Combining a sense of place with innovative wines, the wine-growing regions of the Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale are well worth a visit
Wine tasting with a view at Shaw & Smith winery
Credit: Shaw & Smith winery
It was a sunny spring morning, with hints of mown grass and cherry blossom on the nose. Up on the summit of Mount Lofty, some 12 miles east of Adelaide in South Australia, I could almost hear the sap rising in the vineyards down below.
Before me, running north-south in a band of freshly greened-up, mist-snagged slopes and ridges, lay the Adelaide Hills, one of the New World’s most innovative wine-growing regions where elegant chardonnays and cooler-climate pinots are setting new standards in Australian wine. Before me, too, was a palate-tingling prospect – several days of tasting and eating through South Australia, the state which dominates the Australian wine industry.